DFPGYF Diplomacy, Foreign Policy & Geopolitics Youth Fellowship– Cohort 4.0 | A Three-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program | Aug-Oct 2026 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning
Fellows List & Details
| Fellows’ List & Details | |||
| DFPGYF Diplomacy, Foreign Policy & Geopolitics Youth Fellowship- Cohort 4.0 | |||
| A Three-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program | |||
| Aug – Oct 2026 | Zoom | 6-8 pm IST | |||
| Eight Consecutive Thursdays | |||
| IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning | |||
| Name | Designation | Organisation | Location |
| Aaryan Prakash Almeida | Student Defence and Strategic Studies | Sathaye College, University of Mumbai | Mumbai |
| Antima Ajmera | Research Scholar | – | Bhilwara,Rajastha |
| Anup Chele | Associate | Alpharealm consulting | Mumbai |
| Apala | Student | JGLS | Jharkhand |
| Bhargavvi Atul Bajpai | Student | Student | Mumbai |
| Divya Natarajan | Student | IMPRI | Chennai |
| Dolly Kaushik | Research intern | IMPRI | NEW DELHI |
| Gourab Sen | Senior Security Officer | Adani Group | Kolkata |
| Harshini. S | Student | Loyola College (Autonomous), chennai | Chennai |
| Kiwans Kankotia | MBA Student | Georgetown Mccdonough | Washington |
| Mansi Verma | Post graduate student | University of Delhi | Delhi |
| Mehar Sandhu | PhD Scholar | Guru Nanak Dev University | Amritsar |
| Mehul Rastogi | Intern | IMPRI | Mumbai |
| Nandiinii Gupta | Student/Alum | Ashoka University | Chandigarh |
| Payel Chatterjee | DEO | GPECW, Hooghly | Masat |
| PRABHAT SHARMA | STUDENT | IGNOU , NEW DELHI | GHAZIABAD |
| Priyamvada Singh Lowanshi | Student | Daly College, Indore | Indore |
| RADHIKA | Student | EICT | New Delhi |
| Rahi Swapnil Naik | SYBA political science Student | Kishanchand Chellaram College HSNC University | Mumbai |
| Ria Minj | N/A | N/A | Delhi |
| Ruchi Pathak | Engineer | Defence and Private organization | Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh |
| Satyajit Balaji More | Student | Na | Maharashtra |
| Shrikant Kamble | Bachelor of Social Work | Tata Institute of Social Science Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Subhadhini | Consultant | AFC india | Thiruvallur |
| SUNAINA | Research Scholar | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY GUJARAT | VADODARA |
| Thomas K Sam | Director | EY LLC | Kerala |
| Vaibhav Kushwaha | Student | – | Kanpur nagar |
IMPRI Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, invites you to #WebPolicyLearning
DFPGYF Diplomacy, Foreign Policy & Geopolitics Youth Fellowship
Cohort 4.0
An Online International Autumn School Program
A Three-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program
Aug-Oct 2026
Details of the #WebPolicyLearning:
Live Sessions with Experts & Program Team-
Dates: Aug 6-Sept 24, 2026
Eight Consecutive Thursdays
Time: 6-8 p.m. IST
Platform: Zoom
Event Details: https://www.impriindia.com/event/dfpgyf-diplomacy-foreign-policy-geopolitics-youth-fellowship-cohort-4/
Program Experts
Chair: Prof Sanjukta Bhattacharya, Retired Professor, International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata; Visiting Professor, IMPRI
Co-Chair: Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Session Experts:
Ambassador Shashank, (IFS, Retd.), Former Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, India
Prof Meenal Shrivastava, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of Political Economy and Global Studies at Athabasca University, Canada (TBC)
Ambassador Anil Trigunayat, (IFS, Retd.) Former Indian Ambassador to Jordan, Libya, and Malta; Distinguished Fellow and Head of the West Asia Experts Group at the Vivekananda International Foundation; Visiting Distinguished Fellow, IMPRI (TBC)
Major Gen. (Dr) P K Chakravorty, VSM (Retd), Strategic Thinker on Security Issues
Prof Tridivesh Singh Maini, Assistant Professor, Diplomatic Practice, Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA)
Prof Prabir De, Professor, Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi
Ms Nandita Baruah, The Asia Foundation’s Country Representative in India (TBC)
Dr Parama Sinhapalit, Visiting Research Scholar, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), USA
Prof Srikanth Kondapalli, Dean, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Mr Robinder Sachdev, Founder President, The Imagindia Institute
Ambassador Partha Ray, (IFS, Retd.), Former Ambassador, Indian Foreign Service, Retired Diplomat (TBC)
Mr Don McLain Gill, Philippines-based geopolitical analyst author and lecturer at the Department of International Studies De La Salle University (DLSU) (TBC)
Convenors:
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Dr Arjun Kumar, Director, IMPRI
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